Hey everyone; thanks for the reviews. The baby's name is Breanna (Pronounced Bree-ann-ah). I hadn't considered Alexis and Jason in a huge fight, but that would be some conflict. Hopefully this chapter will give a little more info about the baby and Danni finally meets her sister. I promise this story will pick up a little more in the next couple of chapters.
It had been a few hours since Jason had left the hospital and Alexis was still concerned regarding his whereabouts. She knew Jason loved her daughter and their children, but she also knew that Jason had an instinct to protect Sonny, Carly and Michael. Molly had shared with Alexis that Sonny was having some issues because Brenda left. As she watched her daughter sleep, Alexis couldn't help but wonder whether Jason's loyalty to Sonny would negatively impact her daughter. That afternoon, Sam had worked with a nurse to begin pumping some breast milk, but otherwise had spent the day sleeping. Alexis spent the time wandering back and forth from the NICU to Sam's room. She watched her granddaughter fighting for her life with every single breath and she went to the chapel and prayed for a miracle that Bree would be strong enough to survive. Alexis also prayed that Sam would recover from the emergency c-section. Alexis had also been in contact with Kristina and she knew that Kristina, Molly and Danni were on their way. Alexis had secured a hotel for that night and she planned to take Kristina, Molly, and Danni to stay there. Tomorrow, she would need to get back to Port Charles.
Finally after looking in on her daughter, she decided to go in. Sam was still sleeping peacefully and she didn't want to wake her, so she sat down beside the bed. After several minutes, Sam started to stir. When Sam opened her eyes, she looked around the room, as if trying to familiarize herself with who was there. "Hey Mom," she spoke.
"Hi sweetheart, how are you feeling?" Alexis asked her oldest daughter.
"I feel like I've been sleeping forever, I was so exhausted."
"Well, you've been through a lot honey,"
"Where's Jason?" Sam asked.
"I'm not sure; he had some business to take care of."
Sam look questionably as she spoke, "Business?" and Sam remembered Jason leaving the room when he was talking to Carly, she heard him say something about Michael and Sam wondered what sort of crisis was happening. Just then, Alexis' phone rang.
"Sorry honey, I have to take this, it's your sisters." Alexis walked out of the room. "Hi honey,"
"Mom we just landed. Jason spoke to the pilot and he's going to meet us to take us to the hospital," Kristina explained.
"All right honey, you, Molly, and Danni be careful," Alexis spoke in her mothering voice.
As Jason arrived at the airport in his rented SUV, he hurried to meet the girls. He saw Kristina carrying Danni and Molly walking beside her. He was grateful for Sam's family. They were always so supportive and helpful. Jason was hoping that in time, he and Sam could take their girls to see the Quartermaine's. The few times Monica had seen Danni, she had been absolutely ecstatic. Jason had stayed away, because he feared Edward's agenda could harm his daughter, but he had learned from the Davis girls that nothing was more important than family. Jason smiled to himself as he got closer to Kristina, Molly, and Danni.
"Daddy!" Danni exclaimed as she inched to get down from Kristina and ran into Jason's arms. Jason reached down and lifted his little girl into his arms and kissed her on the cheek.
"Hey Princess! I'm so glad you're here." Jason kissed his daughter's forehead as he looked to Molly and Kristina. "Thanks girls for bringing her here."
"You're welcome, Jason. We couldn't wait to see Mom and of course Sam. We've been so worried about her and the baby," Molly spoke a lot faster than Jason could comprehend and all she was saying began to get jumbled up.
"Her name is Bree, Aunt Molly," Danni interjected.
Jason laughed to himself. Danni was such a special part of his life. They walked to the SUV, but Jason handed Danni to Molly and asked her to distract her from seeing what he had in the vehicle. Molly and Kristina looked at each other strangely, but they knew not to question Jason. For the first few minutes as they drove, they listened to Danni asking questions about Sam and what she could and couldn't do. It had been hard on her while her mother was on bed rest. They were restricted to reading books and coloring and Danni was ready to have her mommy back. After a while, it was quiet and Jason changed the subject.
"Molly, Kristina, do you know what's going on with Sonny?" Jason asked in a concerned voice.
"Brenda left and my dad is going crazy. Brenda said Lucian wasn't safe and she wants a divorce," Kristina explained.
"Michael and Abby went to be with Uncle Sonny," Molly explained.
"Well Sonny loves Brenda, so this has to be hard on him. I can't be there, because I have to be here," Jason explained.
"Jason we know you can't be there for everyone and Sam, Danni, and Bree are your family. In fact Mom, Molly and I are going to let you guys alone for a while, but we're here," Kristina stated.
"I can't wait to see Mommy," a small voice interjected.
"You don't have to wait much longer, we're here," Jason announced.
After they parked in the garage, Alexis met them in the lobby. She had offered to take Kristina and Molly to the snack bar so that Jason and Sam could be alone with Danni. It was starting to get late, so Alexis knew their visit would be short.
"Hi Nanna," Danni said as Alexis pulled the three girls into a hug.
"Jason, the girls and I are going to get something to eat, so you and Sam can be with Danni. We'll be up in a little while."
"Thanks Alexis," Jason said as he grabbed Danni's hand. "All right princess, let's go see Mommy."
Sam had spent most of the day sleeping and she was getting tired of being in bed. Her mom had gone to the lobby to meet Jason and the girls and she couldn't wait to see Danni. She also wanted to go back to see Bree, but she knew that somehow she had to make Danni understand what was happening and that despite her world being turned upside down, that she was loved. She flipped through the evening news on TV and then a couple of magazines. She wondered what could be taking Jason so long. Her door was open and she heard her inquisitive little beauty coming down the hall asking her father a million questions. She assumed that Jason was relieved they reached her room when she heard the last question, "Well, how did Bree get into Mommy's belly, anyway?" Sam grinned, Danni was a smart little girl and they had learned to get very creative in answering her many questions.
"Hi baby girl," Sam said softly as she smiled at her daughter. Danni immediately forgot about her conversation with her father.
"Mommy, I missed you so much," she said as she ran over to the bed. Sam bent down to kiss her daughter, but she winced and grabbed her stomach because of the pain.
"Sorry Mommy," Danni said when she realized how much pain Sam was in.
Jason lifted his daughter up to the bed with Sam. Sam kissed her daughter's forehead and stroked her hair behind her ear. "All the pain seems to disappear when I get to see you. I missed you so much. I love you," Sam spoke as she kissed her daughter and wrapped her arms around her.
"Where's Bree?" Danni asked as she looked around the room. Danni expected to find her baby sister with her mother and she wasn't sure why the room didn't have a baby anywhere to be found.
Jason pulled a stool up to the bed next to Sam and Danni as he explained, "Well honey, Bree was born really early," Jason paused trying to find the words. He and Sam made eye contact as Sam winked at Jason and continued, "You know your little sister came before she was finished growing in mommy's belly, right?"
"Yes," the little girl was intrigued because she expected her baby sister to be with her mom and dad.
Jason looked to Sam who nodded as he finished, "Well Bree is in a special part of the hospital where they have machines that make it like mommy's belly and she has to stay there so she can grow big and strong."
"As big as me?" The little girl asked.
"No, just as big as she would have been when she was born," Jason answered.
"You know baby, you were born early and you had to stay in the special place called the NICU too, so your little sister wants to be just like you," Sam explained to her little girl who was very interested in the conversation.
"That's funny, she wants to be like me," Danni said grinning. It melted Sam's heart to have her daughter so close to her. Jason and Sam smiled at one another. They were scared for Bree, but having their girls in this world just felt right.
"You know Danni, kids aren't allowed in the NICU, but the nice nurse Linda said you could go meet Bree tonight," Jason explained.
Jason and Sam hadn't realized how much time had passed since Jason and Danni arrived until Alexis and the girls walked in.
"Don't you guys just look adorable," Molly exclaimed. "I want to document this," she said as she snapped a picture.
"Molly," Sam protested putting her hand in the air.
"Mommy, it's ok, you like looking at pictures," Danni said.
Everyone in the room laughed hysterically. The truth was that Jason and Sam loved having pictures of Danni and special events, but neither liked having THEIR picture taken.
Alexis and the girls stayed for a while, but they knew that Jason and Sam wanted to take Danni down to meet Bree.
"Ok, the girls and I are going to head to the hotel tonight. Jason, I have enough rooms for you and Danni to stay with us. We'll stop and see you guys tomorrow before we head back to Port Charles," Alexis announced.
"Thanks Alexis, Danni will sleep well there, but I'm not leaving Sam," Jason said.
"I'm not leaving Mommy either," the little girl said.
"Can we talk about that later, baby girl? You might like a nice hotel," Sam explained. Alexis, Molly, and Kristina kissed Sam and Danni. "Mom, can we let you know?" Sam asked.
"Sure honey, no problem. I just want to help in whatever way I can," Alexis said.
"Thanks, Mom. We really appreciate. Between me being so exhausted and everything happening so fast, Jason and I haven't made any decisions yet, " Sam said. She wondered if it was selfish for her to want Danni with her just for tonight. She knew that she and Jason needed to discuss how they were going to cope the next couple of months and she wasn't prepared to have that conversation in front of her mother.
Alexis, Molly and Kristina left and it was just the three of them. Sam was really looking forward to introducing Danni to Bree. She also had been waiting all day for Jason to take her back to the NICU.
"So are we going to that NICA, or what?" Danni asked as Sam and Jason grinned.
"Honey, it's called the NIC-U and I will get mommy a wheelchair," Jason said as he kissed Sam on the forehead and walked out of the room.
"Mommy, why can't you walk?" Danni asked innocently.
"I am really sore from the surgery that they used when your sister was born and it hurts to walk," Sam explained.
Danni had her fingers in Sam's hair and moved them to her shoulder and down her arm. "It'll get better Mommy," the little girl reassured her.
"Maybe it already is," Sam said as she smiled at her daughter and started tickling her. There was laughter in the room that Jason heard in the hallway.
"You're having too much fun in here," he said as he walked in with the wheelchair. Jason lifted Danni down from the bed as she stood and watched her father lift her mother out of the bed and into the wheelchair.
"Daddy, you're strong," Danni commented.
"That's what Mommy tells me," Jason said under his breath. Sam heard it and she grinned as her chocolate eyes met his blue ones.
"Here baby, you can sit on my lap," Sam said as she patted her legs.
Jason lifted his little girl up, "Just be careful Danni," he said.
As they walked down the hall and got on the elevator, Danni asked several questions. Sam tried to explain what it was like when she was born and had to stay in the NICU. Sam was grateful that this time she had Jason there with her. Jason was thinking about how guilty he felt that he hadn't been there when Danni was born. It didn't matter this time. Sam, Danni, and Bree were getting his undivided attention.
Danni was amazed as they scrubbed in and prepared to enter the NICU. As they walked in, Sam showed Danni, the room where she was. Even though they had explained it to her, Danni didn't really understand how small the babies were. She didn't even have dolls that were that tiny. The talkative little girls blue eyes got really big as they walked through the corridor. As Sam held her little girl on her lap, she felt her daughters grip grow stronger on her hands. She rubbed her back soothingly.
When they arrived in Breanna's room, a new nurse was inside monitoring her vitals. "You must be this little one's family," she greeted.
"Jason Morgan, this is my wife Samantha and our daughter Danielle," Jason introduced his family as the nurse shook his hand.
"My name is Debbie. Linda and I are the primary care takers of Breanna," the nurse said, "She's had a good day."
"That's reassuring," Sam said as she looked over at her tiny baby breathing.
"She's responding well to all of her treatments, she just needs some time. She's already survived the most critical hours, her doctors are hopeful, but they'll update you tomorrow. I'm sure you'll want to spend some time with her, so I'll step outside," Debbie said as she exited the room giving Jason and Sam time alone with their daughters.
"Thank you," Jason said. Jason felt like they were living in a fishbowl since Sam had been in the hospital and he knew the next couple of months would not get better. He had calmed his "stonecold" persona, so as not to draw attention. Despite the fact that he'd give anything for his girls, he did not like being around so many people.
Jason pushed Sam and Danni closer to Bree. Danni still hadn't said a word, her eyes just stared at her sister in the incubator as her hands gripped her mother tightly. "What do you think baby girl?" Sam asked as she leaned down to look into Danni's face.
Danni didn't say anything, she just stared at Bree. "She's really tiny, but she's strong. She needs you to say prayers for her and to keep thinking about her. Do you think you can do that?" Sam asked.
Danni shook her head up and down, but still said nothing. Sam looked up at Jason and the two exchanged an eye gesture, both wondering what their little girl was thinking and if it was a mistake to bring her to the NICU. Jason knelt down so his blue eyes were staring at his daughter's blue eyes. "Princess, I know it's scary. Mommy and I brought you down here so you could meet your sister, but if you don't want to stay, we can go back to Mommy's room, ok?"
"What's all this stuff?" Danni finally asked.
Jason started to explain as he pointed to the machines and equipment which even overwhelmed he and Sam. "Well, this incubator helps your sister to stay warm so her lungs can develop. This machine helps her to eat, this one helps her to learn how to suck, and this one helps her to breath. Some of these are just monitors making sure she is ok. The nice nurses are watching Bree all the time, so that they know what she needs." When Jason was finished explaining, Danni reached her arms out, letting Jason know she wanted him to hold her. Jason picked Danni up and held her in his arms, then he pushed Sam closer, so she could touch the baby.
"Baby, it's ok for us to touch her and talk to her. It lets Bree know we love her and I know you love your baby sister," Sam explained. "You know that Breanna Faith. We're all here now and we love you. We have Faith you're going to grow to be big and strong just like your big sister Danni."
Danni smiled as she listened to Sam speak. She was still holding tight onto Jason's t-shirt, but hearing her mom talk made her feel a little bit better. Sam was concerned that Danni was too overwhelmed and she wasn't sure what to do. She looked to Jason for support, but Jason was stroking Danni's back and her hair. "Danni, do you want to touch her hand?" Jason asked.
"No thank you Daddy," she answered politely.
"It's ok, we don't want you to do anything you don't want to," Jason said.
"You know Danni, the next time you see Bree, she'll probably be a lot bigger and some of the wires and machines will be gone," Sam offered.
Sam gently kissed Bree's tiny fingers and Jason kissed his two fingers and touched Bree's hand. "Sleep tight, little angel," Sam said as Jason put Danni back on her lap and they exited the room.
"We're headed back upstairs, but please keep us posted," Jason asked Debbie as they walked out. The nurse motioned Jason into the room.
"You know, Mr. Morgan, I respect your privacy, but I've been watching your daughter and it's not unusual for siblings to be a little overwhelmed," the nurse offered, "just give her some time," she suggested.
"Thank you," Jason said.
"You haven't said much baby," Sam said while she and Danni waited on Jason.
"Mommy, I love you. Bree's going to be ok," Danni said as she looked up and wrapped her arms around Sam's neck.
Sam's hormones were raging and the tears began to stream down her cheeks. She loved the joy her little girl could bring and wondered how even at her young age she seemed to have the right words.
Jason stepped out of the room to find Sam wiping her tears. He placed his hand on her shoulder lovingly. "Hey, it's going to be ok, we're in this together," Jason said.
"I know, I'm just so happy we have these AMAZING little girls in our life Jason," Sam said as her milk chocolate eyes met Jason's eyes.
Jason started to push Sam out of the NICU when they heard the dreaded words over the intercom. "Code blue in NICU 157."
Sam looked up at Jason. "Jason- that's Bree's room-," Sam exclaimed, but Jason was already running down the hall.